Court sides with Norwegian regulator's $100K daily fine imposed on Meta over ad privacy concerns
Meta has lost a legal battle to freeze an order from Norway’s data protection authority that imposes hefty fines on the Facebook and Instagram owner over advertising practices deemed to violate user privacy
2023-09-07 00:57
EU targets Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft in next phase of digital crackdown
The European Union is targeting Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Facebook owner Meta and TikTok parent ByteDance under new digital rules aimed at reining in the market power of online companies
2023-09-06 19:57
Edmunds: The best affordable performance cars
There’s often a point when car enthusiasts are looking to purchase their first new performance car or sports car
2023-09-06 18:45
Scholz calls for a broad pact to slash bureaucracy and modernize Germany
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has urged Germany’s opposition and regional governments to help slash a “thicket of bureaucracy” that slows down Europe’s biggest economy, as his government grapples with poor poll ratings and a reputation for internal strife half way through its term
2023-09-06 17:22
Stock market today: Asian markets are mostly lower as oil prices push higher
Shares are mostly lower in Asia after a decline on Wall Street as traders returned from a long holiday weekend
2023-09-06 13:23
In the battle against Amazon deforestation, Brazil offers cash rewards to municipalities
In a bid to slow down deforestation in the Amazon, Brazil will provide financial support to municipalities that have reduced deforestation rates the most
2023-09-06 09:51
Air Canada apologizes for booting passengers who complained that their seats were smeared with vomit
Air Canada says it has apologized to two women who were booted off a flight by security after protesting that their seats were smeared in vomit
2023-09-06 07:25
Maker of rapid-fire triggers falsely told customers they are legal, judge says in preliminary ruling
A federal judge in New York City has ruled that evidence shows a company whose after-market triggers can make semiautomatic AR-15-style rifles fire like automatic weapons fraudulently misled consumers that the devices were legal
2023-09-06 02:50
US moves to force recall of 52 million air bag inflators that can explode and hurl shrapnel
The U.S. government is taking a big step toward forcing a defiant Tennessee company to recall 52 million air bag inflators that could explode, hurl shrapnel and injure or kill people
2023-09-06 01:50
Information theft is on the rise. People are particularly vulnerable after natural disasters
Information theft is on the rise
2023-09-05 23:55
Trial starts in Sweden of 2 oil executives accused of complicity in war crimes in Sudan
Two executives of a Swedish oil exploration and production company have gone on trial in Stockholm for securing the company’s operations in Sudan through their alleged complicity in war crimes 20 years ago
2023-09-05 23:51
Saudi Arabia, Russia plan to extend 1.3 million barrel a day oil cut through the end of the year
Saudi Arabia and Russia have agreed to extend their voluntary oil production cuts through the end of this year, trimming 1.3 million barrels of crude out of the global market and boosting energy prices
2023-09-05 22:17